Oriolidae

Oriolus chinensis Photo by Nick Dean (Flickr) Common name:black-naped oriole (en); papa-figos-de-nuca-preta (pt); loriot de Chine (fr); oropéndola china (es); schwarznackenpirol (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily OriolidaeRange:This species is found throughout eastern China, marginally into south-eastern Russia, in Korea, and also through the Philippines into Indonesia and Singapore. Population breeding in China, Russia and Korea migrate south and…

Sphecotheres vieilloti Photo by Georges Olioso (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Australasian figbird (en); papa-figos-australiano (pt); sphécothère de Vieillot (fr); oropéndola australiana (es); Australischer feigenpirol (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily OriolidaeRange:This species is found in northern and eastern Australia, from northern Western Australia and the Northern Territories, through coastal Queensland and into the coast of New South Wales down…

Oriolus larvatus Photo by Gerda van Schalkwyk (Flickr) Common name:black-headed oriole (en); papa-figos-de-cabeça-preta (pt); loriot masqué (fr); oropéndola enmascarada (es); maskenpirol (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily OriolidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, specially in East Africa, from Ethiopia down to South Africa, and also into Angola and northern Namibia in West Africa. Size:These birds are 23-27 cm…

Oriolus oriolus Photo by Abdul  Al-Sirhan (Kuwait Bird Sightings) Common name: Eurasian golden oriole (en); papa-figos (pt); loriot d’Europe (fr); oropéndola europea (es); pirol (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Oriolidae Range: This species is found throughout most of continental Europe, from Portugal and Spain to southern Sweden, and east into Russia and Turkey and into…